hostname — Hostname to ping.

packet_size — Number of bytes in a packet. The default is 56 bytes. The actual packet size will be eight bytes larger than the size specified because the switch adds header information.

packet_count — Number of packets to send, from 1 to 65535 packets. The default is 4 packets. If 0 is entered it pings until stopped.

time_out — Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply, from 50 to 65535 milliseconds. The default is 2000 milliseconds.

Parameters range

hostname — 1 - 158 characters (Max label size: 63)

packet_size — IPv4: 56 - 1472

packet_count — 0 - 65535

time_out — 50 - 65535

Command Mode

EXEC

Default value

This command has no default setting.

Usage Guidelines

Press Esc to stop pinging. Following are sample results of the ping command:

Destination does not respond-If the host does not respond, a "no answer from host" appears in ten seconds.

Destination unreachable-The gateway for this destination indicates that the destination is unreachable. Network or host unreachable-The switch found no corresponding entry in the route table.

Examples

Console> ping 10.1.1.1

Pinging 10.1.1.1 with 64 bytes of data:

64bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0. time=11 ms

64bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1. time=8 ms

64bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2. time=8 ms

64bytes from 10.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3. time=7 ms

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